Jolie decries fate of Syria refugees on Jordan border

US actress Angelina Jolie on Friday urged the international community to come to the rescue of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees stranded without humanitarian aid on Jordan’s border. “Seventy-five thousand Syrians are stranded at the berm in no man’s land at the Jordanian border including children, pregnant women and gravely ill patients,” she told reporters during a visit to Azraq refugee camp, 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of the Jordanian capital Amman. “None of the basic protections under international law are being applied,” said Jolie, special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).